Can't sleep, can't go over my thoughts,
where's my blood, it's running out out out out

For the last two nights the Raleigh PD has decided to set up a checkpoint right at the entrance to my parking lot. Both times I have pulled up to simply ask whether I could pull in, to which I have gotten "License and registration," and "Next officer!" which was funny because he sent me to the officer who I had dealt with the night before. I understand they are just trying to do their job, and I appreciate it on some level because there are a lot of kids who live in this complex and seemingly just as many drivers that speed through here at 60, but I'd like them to speak to me, rather than to command. I could have just avoided them the first night and pulled right in, which would have sent them into alert mode, but I wanted to make sure everything was alright, so I pulled forward to be greeted by an officer who is obviously far unhappier than I am, if you want my intro to psych evaluation.
Last night, half the spaces in front of my apartment were taken up by a cop car and cars they had pulled. A cheery, plump fellow in the car next to mine smiled and nodded as he sipped his soda and listened to Latin music. Then the officer came and told him he had "no licencia."
Nothing else to really report. Practice last night went very well, went over a new thing to shock and amaze. In context it will.
Yes, Toby Keith is calling his tour that. I just like that the header to the page is "Toby Keith:Unleashed."
And if you were ever thinking of buying a comic book or graphic novel, you should get one from Fantagraphics Books since, after 27 years, they are in dire need of money thanks to a series of unfortunate events. Fantagraphics is the home of Robert Crumb, Dan Clowes (Ghost World), the Hernandez bros. (Love & Rockets), Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead), Tony Millionaire (Maakies), Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan, Quimby the Mouse), and many, many more. Please enjoy.
posted by beta at 5/29/2003 11:49:00 AM